Asia

20 shadowy tales from Asia's Stephen KingUnconfined to a single theme, this new collection of twenty short stories by Halim offers five distinct worlds.The paranormal mysteries from 'the occult world',...

Three magical gowns. Two kingdoms on the brink of war. One chance to save them all. Maia Tamarin proved her skill as a tailor when she wove the dresses of...

A New York Times 'Notable Book of 2020' One of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by Female Authors' 'A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be...

An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the...

Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark AwardWinner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best Historical NovelWinner of the the 2018 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel'Perveen Mistry is a...

ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021Delhi, 1946. Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter — precocious, headstrong Alma —...

A fresh, smart series featuring besties of Indian descent who find love in the big city.Three best friends. Three loves. Three cultural explosions waiting to happen.Kiran Mathur knows firsthand just...

An Ordinary KillingA masterly and agenda-setting inquest into how the deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nationKatra Sadatganj. A tiny village in...

The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his...

Translated by Howard GoldblattIn Change, Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, personalises the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in...

A New World DisorderAs the world’s second-largest economy, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China’s...

Gripping, immersive, and full of Vaseem Khan's trademark wit, this is historical fiction at its finest.A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950. For over a century,...

With high-profile commissions and international collaborations under his belt, fashion illustrator Mr. SLOWBOY's first-ever book release curates the best of his fashion illustrations, including personal styling tips for additional appeal.Fashion...

Translated by Ouyang YuAn award-winning contemporary bilingual Kazakh poet, originally from PRC, writing poetry both in Chinese and Kazakh.ISBN: 9781925780697 | Published: 1 November 2021 | Paperback | 102 pages

A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and ScoundrelsTrue stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of imperial rule to the...

Translated by Ouyang YuMan Chen is a post-romantic poet who is at his best when language is polished like a withered flower, knowing its demise, but continuing to forge on...

She's All That goes desi in this hilarious, affecting, and sweetly romantic comedy by the author of More Than Just a Pretty Face.Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana,...

A history of opium's dramatic fall from favor in colonial Southeast Asia During the late nineteenth century, opium was integral to European colonial rule in Southeast Asia.During the late nineteenth...

The second psychological thriller from Trisha Sakhlecha, author of Your Truth or Mine? In politics there is always someone determined to reveal past secrets, and now a young Indian minister...

Set in Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, this evocative YA debut follows a sixteen-year-old indentured servant within the police bureau who becomes entangled in the politically-charged investigation into the murder of a...

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman— a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author.It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North...

Clever, bewildering and darkly comic, The Woman in the Purple Skirt is the story of two women whose lives are set to become terribly entwined.I suppose what I'm trying to...

Discover the food of the Philippines’ 7000 tropical islands.Colourful and vibrant, Filipino food is the culmination of naturally salty, sour and sweet ingredients from the land, along with the heart-warming...

Translated by Ken LiuPublished with the blessing of Cixin Liu, The Redemption of Time extends the universe conjured by the Three-Body Trilogy. You'll discover why the universe is a 'dark...

Passage to a New WorldA young teen escapes to America from Mao’s China in the early 60s and experiences the consequent culture shock of cruel racism, financial hardships, unexpected freedom,...

7 Fundamentals to Recruit, Reward & Retain the Largest Generation in the WorkforceA guide into what engages and motivates the millennial population working in organisations.By 2025, Millennials will form 75%...

Translated by Sung RyuA bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writersIn crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eun-young paints intimate portraits of the lives of...

Translated by Ginny Takemori and Ian MacDonaldThis prize-winning Japanese author offers stories haunted by history.'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other...

He gave up happiness for duty but destiny will not let him go.After twenty years of searching, King Waluyo finally gets his son back. He cannot understand why his beloved...

The Definitive Interpretation of Sun Tzu's Classic Book of StrategyTranslated by Stephen F. KaufmanThe Art of War by Sun Tzu is the best known book on military strategy ever written....

The aftermath of a life seized by two tumoursMerely not dying is not really living - the grief and angst of coping with tumours, strokes, seizures.After suffering strokes, general practitioner...

Translated by Ted GoossenFrom the best-selling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a collection of playful, delightful, delectable Japanese micro-fiction.Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny,...

The True Story of Japan's Foremost Geisha'I can identify the exact moment when things began to change. It was a cold winter afternoon. I had just turned three.'Emerging shyly from...

Economic Possibilities from a Global PerspectiveHong Kong is a dynamic city. But the contrast between the well-off and the poor is stark. In the 1980s and 1990s, and to a...

Insights into thirteen countries' ancient and modern cultures, their national identities and nation brands, and their place in the world today.Around The World In 68 Days is a travelogue with...

Short stories set in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, depicting the lives of the lonely, desperate and heartbroken in their morally-subjective worlds.Two figures sit in a car, waiting to commit a...

Life as Dr Mahathir's DaughterThis is Marina Mahathir's story, from her perspective and no one else's. It is, she hopes, the answer to the question — What is it like...

A journalistic account of the abuse and enslavement of women and girls in AsiaA constant stream of impoverished women and girls have been, and are being, enslaved and abused in...

The tale of a cat with no name but great wisdom!Illustrated by Zack Davisson and Chiroru KobatoJapan's beloved literary masterpiece brought to life in manga form! Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece,...

Translated by TulachandraThe story of a young modern Siamese girl and her quest for true love, Prisna Volume 1 and Volume 2 take place in 1938 in Phra Nakhon, Thailand,...

A riveting look at the fiercely original, intellectually brilliant mind of Singapore's unofficial Poet-Laureate, Edwin Thumboo whose poetry is key to understanding the emotional hinterland of the city-state.Born of Tamil...

A seductive, disorienting, and wholly original story about parallel lives, unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul's summer.'As cryptic and compelling as a fever...

New Intelligence in the AI AgeDigital Intelligence — Global Standards for Digital Literacy, Skills, and ReadinessDo you know that 60% of children around the world have experienced at least one...

*A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH*Kamil Rahman, disgraced detective, turned waiter, is about to find himself embroiled in a case that might just change his life...for better or...

Translated by Khalid Hasan and Muhammad Umar MemonStories encircling the marginalized, forgotten lives of Bombay, set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan Partition, this is by far the most comprehensive...

How we lose it and how we fight backThis urgent manifesto from a Nobel Peace Prize nominee argues that until all of us are free, none of us are.Nobel Peace...

The war mammoths are back — with tigers and ghost stories and old loves — in this stunning standalone follow-up to The Empress of Salt and FortuneThe cleric Chih finds...

Based on China's most famous online crime serial, a killer crowd-sources his victims, playing a deadly but ingenious game of cat-and-mouse with the police.The second book in China's bestselling crime...

WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE'Breathtaking' — Elle'Powerhouses of feeling and depth' — Mary Gaitskill'Sharp and vital' — Daisy Johnson'Excellent' — Margaret AtwoodAn ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for...

The Sweetest Fruits circumnavigates the globe, introducing three unforgettable women connected by their love for one man. They narrate their own stories and their intrepid search for love and belonging.Monique...